Mark Twain once said, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” But there are other milestones in between that are significant enough to remember forever.Weddingsrank right up there at the top.With so much preparation, time, money, and effort going into everything, you can only hope that things run smoothly when the big day arrives. And for many couples, thankfully, all goes according to plan. But others are leftwonderingwhere it all went wrong.Bored Pandascoured the internet in search of the juiciest and wildest wedding stories people have shared. From a groom being arrested to a bridesmaid going into labor before the ceremony, there seems to be no shortage of crazy content out there. Keep scrolling for a trip down the aisle of wedding disasters, and don’t forget to upvote your favorites. We also reached out to Tammy Hardy, a seasoned makeup artist and the Agency Director ofMake-Up Touch. She’s seen her fair share of drama at weddings and agreed to spill some of the tea.This post may includeaffiliate links.
Mark Twain once said, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” But there are other milestones in between that are significant enough to remember forever.Weddingsrank right up there at the top.
With so much preparation, time, money, and effort going into everything, you can only hope that things run smoothly when the big day arrives. And for many couples, thankfully, all goes according to plan. But others are leftwonderingwhere it all went wrong.
Bored Pandascoured the internet in search of the juiciest and wildest wedding stories people have shared. From a groom being arrested to a bridesmaid going into labor before the ceremony, there seems to be no shortage of crazy content out there. Keep scrolling for a trip down the aisle of wedding disasters, and don’t forget to upvote your favorites. We also reached out to Tammy Hardy, a seasoned makeup artist and the Agency Director ofMake-Up Touch. She’s seen her fair share of drama at weddings and agreed to spill some of the tea.
This post may includeaffiliate links.
Tammy Hardy has been a Hair andMakeup Artistfor 19 years, and her work has taken her to more weddings than she can remember. “I will need a minute to actually count them all!” she tells Bored Panda during our interview. “I remember all my brides and have done many where their bridesmaids have now become my brides.“When we asked Hardy whether she had anywild wedding stories, she burst out laughing. “Sooooo many!” she says. “How many do you want?” The makeup artist has witnessed the good, the bad, the ugly, and the utterly hilarious when it comes to weddings.
Tammy Hardy has been a Hair andMakeup Artistfor 19 years, and her work has taken her to more weddings than she can remember. “I will need a minute to actually count them all!” she tells Bored Panda during our interview. “I remember all my brides and have done many where their bridesmaids have now become my brides.”
When we asked Hardy whether she had anywild wedding stories, she burst out laughing. “Sooooo many!” she says. “How many do you want?” The makeup artist has witnessed the good, the bad, the ugly, and the utterly hilarious when it comes to weddings.
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The bride did not show up. The guests were at the church, along with the bride’s and groom’s families. The bride’s maids were missing, but the groom and the groom’s men were waiting. We all waited. For 1 1/2 hours. Finally, the maid of honor showed up, and announced that the bride decided she was not getting married. It seems that she used the airplane tickets for the honeymoon to elope with someone else. We all left the church somewhat “rattled”, and felt very bad for the groom. However, that was only the bride’s 1st wedding. Almost 40 years later, and she is on to husband #6. I did not attend any of the other (elaborate) weddings.
One incident forever etched in Hardy’s mind involved abridesmaidunexpectedly revealing something she now wishes she hadn’t. “While we were getting everyone ready, a bridesmaid was sharing a story to everyone about hooking up with a groomsman the night before the wedding,” the makeup artist tells us.“As she was in the middle of the story, her partner walks in! The whole room of about 15 ladies goes dead quiet. It was the most awkward atmosphere ever. If he heard anything, he didn’t let on but we all felt really bad for him.”
One incident forever etched in Hardy’s mind involved abridesmaidunexpectedly revealing something she now wishes she hadn’t. “While we were getting everyone ready, a bridesmaid was sharing a story to everyone about hooking up with a groomsman the night before the wedding,” the makeup artist tells us.
“As she was in the middle of the story, her partner walks in! The whole room of about 15 ladies goes dead quiet. It was the most awkward atmosphere ever. If he heard anything, he didn’t let on but we all felt really bad for him.”
On another occasion, a bride was left blushing. And it took a while for those who witnessed it to recover from all the laughter. “The bride kept complaining about her underwear feeling strange,” Hardy told Bored Panda. “After some time, she lifts up her dress in the middle of the room and breaks out into absolute hysterics. I glance up from the makeup I was doing to see what she is laughing at. Totally exposed, dress up to her waist, she realizes she has put her g-string on backwards! We were all cry laughing for ages.”
Unfortunately my wildest wedding experience involved the death of the groom’s father. He was happily dancing to a peppy Motown oldie with the bride and her matron of honor (ME) when he collapsed! We all thought he was joking until his skin changed color. The bride began CPR and an ambulance arrived quickly but it was too late. His wife was screaming hysterically and fainted as they took him away. Many guests were crying and there was complete chaos for the next half hour or so as the reception came to an end. Shockingly, in the confusion, some heartless people stole liquor and food and gifts!
My dad´s only brother got married when my siblings and I were about 7, 12, 13, and 14.My uncle was convinced that my siblings and I were going to be horribly behaved at the service and at the reception. We were separated from everyone because of the fear of what we might say or do. (I don´t remember whether or not there were other kids on site or not.)My mom got seated with the kids at the furthest table. My dad and my grandmother sat at the head table as was their due.My uncle´s brand new wife had an uncle. This uncle took great advantage of the open bar.This particular uncle was not only loud and unruly, he chose to urinate in the hotel´s fancy water fountain and then puke on OUR table.So much for knowing who was well mannered and who wasn´t.
Literally the wildest?That would be when a bear ambled into a chapel in Vail where I was attending a wedding. Fortunately, they have rangers to deal with that kind of thing.
We asked what else she enjoys about doing bridal makeup. “We are involved in the prep stage which is a very intimate and personal part of the day, and such a happy environment to work in,” she replied. “It creates a very unique connection with the bride and her inner circle which is a really special space to share. I love hearing them all chat about their favourite memories together throughout the years.”
Now, want to know the worst part of the job? “Driving long distances back home after standing for long hours without any breaks,” revealed the makeup artist.
The couple thought it would be cool to have an owl fly down the aisle with the ring tied to it’s foot. Lovely! The only thing they overlooked was the massive mirror at the ceremony side of the room which to the bird just looked like more room. So the groom is standing there with the leather glove on his hand waiting for the owl to deliver the ring. The owl flies past him at speed and like a wile E coyote cartoon splats against the mirror and starts to slide down towards a bunch of lit candles. Oh dear I think, expecting my last shot to be of a burning bird flying around the room. Luckily it missed the candles but then proceed to fly around the room for about ten minutes with all in attendance head’s moving in unison watching it and the poor groom standing there with the leather glove still held up waiting for this poor creature to land with the ring.
Despite loving weddings, Hardy saidbridesaren’t always easy to deal with. We weren’t too surprised to hear that. We asked whether she’d rather work with a difficult model or adifficult bride. “I would rather work on a fashion shoot with a difficult model, as they are more aware of the parameters of hair & makeup,” she said. “It can be challenging to manage expectations when it comes to brides, especially in today’s times with photo enhancing filters and editing.”
My husband and I were invited to a Scottish wedding reception. The kilts, the highland fling, the bagpipes playing haunting then dance-inducing music. Neither of us were fond of weddings yet everything about this one was fun and exhilarating until …We only knew the bride and groom and the parents of the groom. A lovely couple came and spoke to us and the woman kept zoning in on me and being a little too interested. She then whispered in my ear if I would be interested in a foursome with her and partner.Quickest exit we made from a wedding … without the couple.
I think the most memorable one was when a member of the bride’s family had a grand mal seizure. It was a beautiful poolside wedding. The ceremony had just started. Then it happened!Afterward, the groom scooped up the woman in his arms and carried her to a bedroom inside the house. 911 had been called. When they gave the word that she was all right, but was being taken to the hospital for observation, the groom said, “We’ve waited a long time to get married. We’re not waiting anymore!” And the wedding continued.
As a wedding coordinator I had a very drunk groomsman hold a broken champagne glass to my throat because I cut him off (stopped his alcohol supply). It went a bit wild from there. There were fights, someone landed on the dessert buffet, cream and custard was everywhere. One of the bridesmaids used a butter knife and cut her dress off. There was banshee screaming from the bride. It was the most out of control wedding I’d ever witnessed.
This was several decades ago. I was invited to my husband’s cousin’s wedding. In a meeting the night before the event, I (and other cousins) were given our “assignments”. We were to be servers at the reception. Yes, you read that correctly, SERVERS. I was tasked with bringing drinks, offering refills and other miscellaneous chores. And trust me, some of those guests were demanding and rude. And for our trouble, we got to eat in the hall kitchen.I was told later that it was supposed to be an honor to do this. Please, don’t honor me again!Needless to say, I was hesitant to attend other weddings on his side of the family.
My first wedding season, someone stole the wedding rings from the Best Man’s bag while they were at a bar next to the room getting ready. They left the empty box and everything, and the bride and groom spent the reception filling out a police report.
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I went to one where the Milwaukee Brewers’ racing sausages showed up and danced with everyone. I was 7 months pregnant, dancing with the bratwurst.Another one, literally everyone over 13 was drunk as a skunk, and during “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy” a dude took off his shirt and got down on all fours and started trotting around the dance floor like a horse, complete with bucking. Then this girl hopped on his back and he literally gave her a horsey ride until she fell off. Upon which the bride’s 400-ish pound father hopped on dude’s back, and dude KEPT GOING.
It was a beautiful Napa wine county wedding. Bride a Groom both were in Marines, Met in the Marines. Both Bride and Groom had a Pugil Stick Fight with Drill Sargent.
I was the wedding planner. We had a final walk through with the caterer and gave final head count. They failed to take note of the final numbers and shopped for the original max count, greatly increasing the cost that bride’s parents were covering. They also had pulled as many family and friends to cover tasks as they could (against my advisement) and then when the groom’s mom got sick and couldn’t do flowers, brother was too busy to hang tulle they had purchased, MC didn’t bother showing up, and we had a massive heat wave for that time of year, they expected me to handle all that when I clearly didn’t have time to handle all that train wreck too.But what took the cake was that the mother of the bride went ballistic on me. I had discounted my services just so they could have help, yet this woman accused me of being in on a scheme with this caterer I’d never worked with before to rip them off and make some extra money. I had already told them I would be speaking with the caterer as that was not right… but she went off and tried to attack me.She chased me around threatening to rip the bun off my head and calling me names. I should have called the authorities and pressed charges, but I was concerned for the bride whom I adored. It was an absolutely awful experience. I had to leave with my daughter, who was assisting my team, and leave my crew there. I went home. Dropped off my daughter and got my husband and went back, waiting for everyone to be gone so I could finish my job. I, to this day, cannot stand alcohol at weddings. I’m surprised that didn’t make me quit.
My mother in law passed away while my brother in law, her son, was marrying.She got very sick less than a week before the wedding and she asked her son to not delay the ceremony. While he was marrying in the church she died. At the end, my husband and I saw that we had missing calls from the hospital and we knew… He headed to the hospital and Somehow, I ended up with my father in law and some friends in the car, I had to take them to the party. My husband or his brother would tell him, I was devastated and I was not the right person to give him that news so I said nothing … I was in the hotel and I was a zombie, I even danced with my father in law, since I was the only woman from the family. I managed to go to the hospital and be with my husband until the funerary guys took her. Then we headed to make arranges for the funeral.After that, we arrived to the party. My brother in law knew his mom died but he did not called off the party. We ate something and we left, just to change our clothes to attend the funeral. Worst wedding ever.
This didn’t happen to me, but my wife was working a wedding and a drunk guy that lived behind the venue decided he wanted to crash the reception. Ended up getting into an argument with one of the parents of the bride/groom. During the argument, dude reached for his waistband, which resulted in multiple people pulling guns on him. Turns out drunk guy was just pulling his pants down. Groom ended up tackling the drunk guy and held him until cops showed up to arrest him.
The bride was changed!Yes, you heard it right.It was kind of filmy. One of our school friend’s brother’s marriage it was. She invited 4 friends including me.She also showed us a picture of her would-be sister-in-law. We knew that it was a love marriage.As soon as we went to the marriage hall, we sensed something must be wrong. The bride looked different than the photo she showed. Also, she was wearing a normal saree and little make-up. Above all, the groom’s face was something to notice! Red and embarrassed all over!It was the most depressing marriage I ever attended! Gloomy! Out of curiosity, we asked our friend, ‘what’s the matter?’She made up some stories and told us to finish our dinner as early as possible.After a few days, we came to know the whole story.The groom was working in Mumbai. The bride in the mandap was also his boss. His marriage was already fixed in Kolkata. But he was double-timing both the girls at the same time.He took leaves from his office and came down to Kolkata to get married, secretly. Unaware of what was waiting for him! The girl sensed something fishy and chased him quietly.Upon arriving in Kolkata, she got to know of his lies. She showed some of their intimate pictures to his family.She also threatened him of Police case.My friend’s family had to inform the original bride’s family, and they cancelled the wedding.Unwillingly, he had to marry his boss.
Working a Viet wedding and I had to use the washroom during the reception. Tons of middle age Viet guys who are very OG looking, lining up for the stalls in the men’s washroom when all of the urinals are free. You can hear them snorting [illegal substance] in the stalls. To add to that, in the middle of the reception, I guess one of the bride or groom’s uncle went to the podium randomly and yelled: “NO SMOKING IN HERE!!” and then proceeded to light up a joint. One of the younger guests had to stop him and push him outside of the banquet hall. Fun times.
I worked a wedding at a country club outside of Chicago where the bride got SUPER drunk even before dinner and ended up peeing herself IN her wedding dress. Then something happened with her dad (an argument? Or he was sick? I don’t remember) but he left the wedding during dinner. She had to do the “father daughter dance” with her mom and was in tears the whole time. The bride ended up leaving the wedding before my coverage even ended.
A guest who was a speaker during the ceremony almost died during the cocktail. He had a massive heart attack and I was sure he was dead when they wheeled him away. A few days later the bride emailed me to let me know he lived but couldn’t remember the day. I sent her photos early to share with him.
I had a bride throw her bouquet at me in anger because the “berries” on it were red and not pink (bear in mind, I am not the florist. She was just effing nuts)I had a bridesmaid (sister of the bride) fake passing out during the recessional because she was jealous of the attention the sister was getting (this was all explained to me later)The grandma of the groom got hit on the head with some blunt object on the dance floor and got rushed to the hospital.
My wife’s cousin’s wedding was a horrible experience right from the get go.The ceremony was outdoors and it was over 100 degrees.The grooms grandfather on the other side of his family decided he wanted to officiate the ceremony and made a total a*s of himself.The cocktail hour had one bartender working for over 200 guests and the hors d’evours were cold chicken nuggets and something with spinach.Dinner was served cold and tables were getting served dessert before others got their entrees.Bride and groom never came around to the tables to thank people for coming.The groom’s brother and his partner DJ’d the event. They fancied themselves as some kind of big shot South Beach nightclub guys and played extremely loud club music occasionally talking over it “Wedding of the Century….AWWWWWWWWWW YEAH!!”…It was a doozie for sure…..15 years later my wife’s other cousins, friends and one of my former coworkers that were in attendance still laugh about it..
Really nice wedding in Palos Verdes California. Private home just across the street from the ocean. Probably several million dollars for the house. Groom got drunk at the reception, tore his shirt off and started scooping handfuls of cake and throwing them at the guests. Me and the videographer got shots of it from a covered location. Not sure how long that marriage was going to last.
Groom’s brother got so drunk the groom (I think) kicked him out of the reception. On our way out for the night, we saw the two of them fist fighting behind the barn.A different wedding, the bride was getting ready in the cry room and her father dropped off one of the ring bearers. Unfortunately, father of the bride forgot to grab the ring bearer’s dress shoes and there wasn’t time to run back home before the ceremony was to begin. The bride, furious, through ring bearer’s tennis shoes and screamed something along the lines of, ‘He can’t wear light up shoes, thanks for ruining my wedding!’.
Drunk reception…bride gave stepdad lap dance. MOH gave mother of bride lapdance. Expected me to photograph it. Still in my files. End of night, they wanted me to drive their car up cause they were too drunk to drive…Did not do that and luckily my time was up so I packed up gear and started to leave. Bride starts cussing me out saying she paid me to be there until midnight (contract stated otherwise). Still haven’t received apology for that as the groom’s dad is acquaintances of my family. Bonus: preacher’s kid was the groom.
Bride’s mom and other family members made the DJ cry (for playing the wrong music, Egyptian vs Saudi). End of the reception the bride took the microphone and was about to go on a tirade but the groom took the mic from her.To be fair. The DJ was pretty bad, during dinner the same Justin bieber song played like 7 times. She didn’t seem to notice.
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